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Why This Republican Worries About Climate Change

My recent post advocated getting over Al-Goraphobia and looking at the science, not merely a polarizing political personality. Now it is time to lay out some data. The headlines give a confusing array of information. Are we really cooling? Is ice melting or expanding? It snowed the day Al …

Written by John Murdock on Thursday January 29, 2009

The Caroline Of The Catskills - Update

NM can now confirm that Sen. Gillibrand, then Tina Rutnik, did not qualify for the UCLA law review and received no academic prizes in law school. This with her non-membership in the Order of the Coif, a merit society for students in the top 10% of their class, further suggests that the future …

Written by Moira Bagley on Thursday January 29, 2009

A Better Stimulus

A reader in a government job writes in response to the blogpost below , I am sure you have better things to do than to watch the Today Show, but here was the morning lede from last night's vote..."Republicans voted against the measure because there were not enough tax cuts." That's right. …

Written by David Frum on Thursday January 29, 2009

Base? What Base?

Gallup’s latest polling reveals the continuing collapse of the GOP base vote. The news is so very bad that there will be only one possible response from our party leadership and our radio talkers: Ignore it. Overall: 36% of Americans now identify as Democrats and only 28% as Republicans . …

Written by David Frum on Thursday January 29, 2009

Vroom

People often ask me what exactly "green conservatism" would mean in practice. Here's part of the answer: a Bentley powered by biofuels !

Written by David Frum on Thursday January 29, 2009

Time To Walk The Walk GOP: Less Poverty Of Ideas, Take More Action Against Poverty

Many more young conservatives should join groups like Teach For America, AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps: While they will be nauseated by the liberal propaganda fed to them during the training sessions and all subsequent meetings, they will be deeply satisfied by the actual work. The work is hands …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Wednesday January 28, 2009

Meet America's New Car Czar

The person with the most power over the US auto industry is not an auto executive or union leader – not a member of Congress – not anyone in the Obama administration. Thanks to President Obama's decision to allow states to impose their own emissions standards, the most powerful person …

Written by Moira Bagley on Wednesday January 28, 2009

How Conservative Are Sports Fans Really?

In his recent post , Brad Miner writes: With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, I want to write about sports, which I consider a key to building a larger conservative coalition in America... If you did a survey of the political philosophies of 75,000 randomly selected Americans you'd …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Wednesday January 28, 2009

Rnc Chair Race: Hakuna Macaca?

RNC Chair candidate Saul Anuzis may not be thrilled with the recent endorsement by Dick Wadhams, Chair of the Colorado Republican Party. Certainly it's not the path to building a winning coalition. In the crucial race for RNC Chair to be decided on Friday, the speculation has now focused on four …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Tuesday January 27, 2009

All That Matters Is How Fast You Spend The Money

All of Washington is consumed with things stimulatory. But I’ve been puzzled by the policy debate (as opposed to the politics). The conventional logic of stimulus goes something like this. If you provide $1 of federal spending, you get $1 of stimulus. If you enact $1 of tax cuts, you …

Written by Douglas Holtz-Eakin on Tuesday January 27, 2009

Sderot, Israel Is Iraq Without The Body Armor

I am no stranger to the danger of rocket and mortar fire. As a Marine officer serving in Iraq in 2006, a 122mm rocket landed roughly 50 feet from where my Staff Sergeant and I were walking through our motor pool. Thankfully it was a dud and didn't explode, but the experience of hearing the …

Written by Gabe Ledeen on Tuesday January 27, 2009

Accepting The School Of Hard Knocks

Since I started teaching in August of 2007, I’ve had no fewer than six girls become pregnant and bear the babies. I also know of a few who’ve had abortions. When I was asked by the students during election season what the differences are between Republicans and Democrats, I used a …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Tuesday January 27, 2009

Sarah Palin Launches Her Own Pac

Sarah Palin missed a golden opportunity -- she could have called it Joe Six PAC. http://www.sarahpac.com/

Written by Alex Knepper on Tuesday January 27, 2009

"Real Education" Starts Early

What a gratifying post by Michael Toth . At the end, he raises an important point: Everyone should experience rigor in thinking about virtue and the Good, not just people who are acquiring a traditional liberal education at the college level. Absolutely right. But we shouldn’t wait for …

Written by Charles Murray on Tuesday January 27, 2009

Dems Punish Green Consumers To Give To Pet Utilities

Hidden in an obscure congressional amendment is a big gift to pet Democratic interest groups - and a big betrayal of the Democrats' supposed green principles. In recent years, as energy prices skyrocketed, consumers reacted by conserving. They switched to high-efficiency light bulbs, lowered …

Written by Moira Bagley on Monday January 26, 2009

Don't Just Shrink Government--run It Right

President Obama's new Cabinet appointees are shaping up to be a too-late lesson for Republicans. Take for example, Shaun Donovan, President Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Development. Donovan would win just about any best resume contest. An architect by training, Donovan served as New York …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday January 26, 2009

My Response To Readers About The Gop And Gay Rights

After posting our article on public opinion and gay rights, we got a bunch of interesting comments. Beyond the back-and-forth over whether gay marriage is a good idea, and whether it is a good thing for conservatives to focus on, there was also some debate about the role of public opinion in …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Monday January 26, 2009

Terrorism, Facebook-style

A recent New York Times Magazine features an article written by Samantha M. Shapiro entitled " Revolution, Facebook-Style ". The article touts the potential for Facebook and similar social networking sites to serve as a "powerful pro-democracy tool" in the Middle East. Shapiro bases her thesis …

Written by Joshua Glatter on Sunday January 25, 2009

Four Comments About Newmajority Comments

We've had a lot of very interesting comments here at NewMajority over the past 48 hours, and I'd like to say a word or two in reply. First: Many commenters have urged that authors of the original blogpost join the comment thread and respond to particularly trenchant points. I note that some of …

Written by David Frum on Sunday January 25, 2009

A First Big Week For FrumForum.com

We have just wrapped up an exhilarating first week here at FrumForum.com Between our launch Tuesday morning and the end of the day Friday, we have accumulated a total of nearly 60,000 unique visitors. We are hoping all of them – you! – will return regularly. We have been honored …

Written by David Frum on Saturday January 24, 2009